1. βIV Spectrinopathies Cause Profound Intellectual Disability, Congenital Hypotonia, and Motor Axonal Neuropathy 
Chih-Chuan Wang, Xilma R. Ortiz-González, Sabrina W. Yum, Sara M. Gill, Amy White, Erin Kelter, Laurie H. Seaver, Sansan Lee, Graham Wiley, Patrick M. Gaffney, Klaas J. Wierenga, Matthew N. Rasband 
The American Journal of Human Genetics 
Volume 102, Issue 6, Pages (June 2018)
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2. Figure 1 Biallelic Human Pathogenic Variants in SPTBN4
(A) Pedigrees of affected individuals, with corresponding ages and genotypes. Individual A.III.2 succumbed to complications of a respiratory infection at 2 years of age. Individual A.II.1 died in infancy from a disorder associated with severe hypotonia and weakness. Both A.I.1 and A.1.2 are heterozygous for the described variant.
(B) Locations of the identified mutations in the βIVΣ1 and βIVΣ6 splice variants. ABD (actin binding domain), PH (pleckstrin homology domain), and the 17 SRs (spectrin repeats) are indicated, and the 15th SR mediating the interaction with AnkG is shown in yellow.
(C) Profound hypotonia and neuromuscular weakness (C.II.1 at 2 years of age), significant head lag and lack of truncal control.
(D) Muscle biopsy findings of neurogenic disease in individual C.II.1. Non-specific esterase stain identifies denervated fibers (darker fibers). Positively stained, atrophic muscle fibers, including angular fibers (arrows), suggesting neurogenic disease from a motor neuropathy and/or neuronopathy.
(E) Normal auditory brainstem response (ABR) tracing.
(F) ABR corresponding to individual B.II.1, showing that wave I is present but that waves III and V are absent from the affected individual.
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3. Figure 2 The Localization of βIVΣ1 Spectrin Variants in Neurons
(A) Transfection of cultured rat hippocampal neurons with Myc-tagged βIVΣ1 spectrin. The AIS is labeled with antibodies against AnkG (green) and is indicated with an arrow. The somatodendritic domain is labeled with antibodies against MAP2 (blue). The scale bar represents 50 μm.
(B–D) Transfection of hippocampal neurons with Myc-tagged βIVΣ1 spectrin plasmids containing the indicated variants. AISs are labeled with antibodies against AnkG (green) and are indicated with an arrow. The somatodendritic domain is labeled with antibodies against MAP2 (blue). The scale bar represents 50 μm.
(E) Quantification of the percentage of neurons with the indicated βIV spectrin construct found at the AIS. n = 3 independent experiments for each construct, except for p.Gln533∗, where n = 2. The mean ± SEM is shown. ∗∗p < 0.001; ∗∗∗p <
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4. Figure 3 βIVΣ6 Spectrin Variants Are Localized to the AIS
(A and B) Transfection of cultured rat hippocampal neurons with plasmids for Myc-tagged βIVΣ6 (Σ6-WT) or two variants of βIVΣ6, p.Arg2435Cys and p.Ala2485Leufs∗31. DIV 7 hippocampal neurons were transfected with the indicated βIV spectrin constructs, then immunolabeled with antibodies against Myc (red), AnkG (green), and MAP2 (blue). AISs are indicated by an arrow. The scale bar represents 50 μm.
(C) Quantification of the percentage of transfected cells that had clustered Myc-tagged βIV spectrin at their AIS. n = 3 independent experiments for each construct. The mean ± SEM is shown.
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5. Figure 4 βIV Spectrin Protein and Lipid Interactions
(A) Cotransfections and immunoprecipitations between AnkG-GFP and the indicated βIV spectrin constructs. Immunoprecipitation reactions were performed with anti-GFP antibodies, and immunoblots were performed wih anti-Myc antibodies. Both input and immunoprecipitates (IPs) are shown.
(B) Cotransfection and immunoprecipitation of αII spectrin and βIV spectrin’s N terminus, including spectrin repeat 2 with and without the p.Arg504Gln variant. IPs were performed with anti-GFP antibodies, and immunoblots were performed with anti-Myc antibodies.
(C) Immunostaining of HEK cells transfected with the indicated βIV spectrin PH domain constructs. The scale bar represents 10 μm.
(D) Immunoblot of GST and βIV spectrin PH-domain-containing fusion proteins and PIP strip blots showing that the same fusion proteins bind to phosphoinositides. GST fusion proteins were detected with anti-GST antibodies.
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6. Figure 5
Human βIV Spectrin Variants Disrupt Nodal Ion Channel Clustering
(A–F) Immunostaining of human sural nerve biopsies from individuals with the p.Arg504Gln; p.Arg2435Cys and p.Trp903∗ variants was performed with antibodies against neurofascin (Nfasc, red) and βIV spectrin (green) (A and B). Immunostaining of human sural nerve biopsies from individuals with p.Arg504Gln; p.Arg2435Cys and p.Trp903∗ variants was performed with antibodies against neurofascin (Nfasc, red) and Na+ channels (Nav, green) (C and D). Immunostaining of human sural nerve biopsies from individuals with p.Arg504Gln; p.Arg2435Cys and p.Trp903∗ variants was performed with antibodies against neurofascin (Nfasc, red) and KCNQ2 K+ channels (green) (E and F). Nodes are indicated by arrowheads. NB: the exposure times for immunostaining of βIV spectrin, Na+ channels, and KCNQ2 in the p.Trp903∗ variant are much longer than the exposure times in the p.Arg504Gln; p.Arg2435Cys variant to allow detection of these proteins. This is evident from the high background seen along the axons. The scalebar represents 10 μm and applies to all panels (A–F).
(G) Immunostaining of the optic nerve from the indicated genotypes with antibodies against Caspr (green), KCNQ2 (red), or KCNQ3 (red). Arrowheads indicate nodes with KCNQ2 or KCNQ3 immunostaining, whereas arrows indicate nodes without any nodal labeling for these channels. The scale bar represents 10 μm.
(H) Quantification of the percent of nodes labeled for KNCQ2 or KCNQ3 in the indicated mice. n = 3 mice for each genotype. The mean ± SEM is shown. ∗∗p < 0.001; ∗∗∗p <
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